The UAV Dev Board was an early entry to the DIY autopilot world, designed by Bill Premerlani along with SparkFun. The hardware went through 5 revisions over the years to incorporate better and better sensors, with the 5th generation, the UDB5, serving pilots and developers well for a long time, along with the companion firmware…See More

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I currently fly a modified mini speed wing and a Multiplex mini mag using a DX7. I'm working on a Parallax Propeller-based autopilot system called octopilot. Including GPS and receiver the whole autopilot system weighs less than 3 oz!

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code.google.com/p/octopilot/

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Mountain View, CA

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The UAV Dev Board was an early entry to the DIY autopilot world, designed by Bill Premerlani along with SparkFun. The hardware went through 5 revisions over the years to incorporate better and better sensors, with the 5th generation, the UDB5, serving pilots and developers well for a long time, along with…

This is a screenshot of part of one of my MP3.0 test flights from yesterday. The plane was programmed to fly figure eights, using the UDB Logo program below. The GPS track is shown at 1Hz, and the dead reckoned IMU track is shown at 4Hz. The plane had taken off very recently when it started this track, so it was still…